General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (HC1028-18-R-0024)

B-417616.2,B-417616.3,B-417616.4 Mar 31, 2020 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HC1028-18-R-0024, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), for global solutions management – operations (GSM-O II) services. GDIT argues that the agency's evaluation of offerors' proposals and resulting award decision were improper. We dismiss the protest in part and deny the protest in part. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of:  General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. File:  B-417616.2; B-417616.3; B-417616.4 Date:  March 31, 2020 Michael F. Mason, Esq., Stacy M. Hadeka, Esq., Christine A. Reynolds, Esq., and Adilene Rosales, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP; and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Carla J. Weiss, Esq., Marc A. Van Allen, Esq., and Lindsay C. Harrison, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for the protester. James J. McCullough, Esq., Michael J. Anstett, Esq., and Katherine L. St. Romain, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; and J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Taylor A. Hillman, Esq., Venable LLP, for Leidos, Inc., the intervenor. Colleen A. Eagan, Esq., and Anthony J. Balestreri, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Supplemental protest alleging that agency failed to investigate whether awardee gained an unfair competitive advantage through awardee’s retention of a former agency official is dismissed as untimely where it was not filed within 10 days of when protester knew or should have known of its basis of protest. 2.  Protest that the agency engaged in misleading discussions which led the protester to increase its proposed direct labor rates is denied where the protester’s contention is not supported by the record, and where the protester made its own independent business judgment regarding how to respond to the agency’s identified concern. 3.  Protest that agency’s price realism evaluation of the awardee’s proposal was inadequate is denied where the record shows that the agency conducted its price realism analysis using applicable price analysis techniques, and with results that were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HC1028-18-R-0024, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), for global solutions management – operations (GSM-O II) services.  GDIT argues that the agency’s evaluation of offerors’ proposals and resulting award decision were improper. We dismiss the protest in part and deny the protest in part. BACKGROUND DISA is a Department of Defense support agency that provides information technology and communications support to the United States military services, combatant commands, and other individuals and systems that contribute to the nation’s defense.  See https://www.disa.mil/About (last visited Mar.